Washington D.C. - Senate Democrats
struck down a bill proposed by Rand Paul which would've prevented
environmental regulators from slashing air pollution coming from
power plants that go across state lines.
The rule in trouble is called the Cross
State Air Pollution Rule and was put into place in July. It plans
to, when combined with state environmental laws, reduce
approximately 73 percent by 2014. Nitrogen emissions will be reduced
by 54 percent by the same year.
The bill needed to have 50 votes to
pass but failed to do so, getting 41. Six Republicans voted against
the bill as well while one Democrat voted for it. Even if it passed
the Senate, however, President Obama would definitely have voted it,
the White House said.
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